Heel-end lasting machine



1943- J. c. JORGENSEN 2,328,075

HEEL-END LASTING MACHINE Filed March 4. 1942 4 SheetsSheet 1 Aug. 31, 1943. J. c. JORGENSEN END LASTING MACHINE Filed March 4, 1942 HEEL- 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 UMQHUHQU ai le l k Aug. 31, 1943.

-END LAS'IING MACHINE Filed March 4,

1942 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 fill/Il "Ii-5. l2.- h s n v will/Ill n J. c. JORGENSEN HEEL Aug. 31,1943.

mm) LASTING MACHINE Filed March 4, 1942 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 amwml MEutS Y amow i-Piatented31, 1943 3 t the holddow n. 'l'heqwiper lrecei ve TtWo movee sqieqbetween whichmove e t wney ;a r t; "a'xid become,therefore; e s-e i tdprev n L treeted mm over the shde; t mew Jack 'isa on-(c ppin mim -$1 96;P be P- the 1 trplledtin the pqwjert bperation o'fthemajchine t a mWh truct on; w th l' prior rto thefirst operative moi/eme'ntfof the ise,mor'el t n q th sh e spla e o wipers, andthe other of whiehj'thereafter acts 7 r ct ve movem ttof dn n r sultin n v firmly fag nsm e' ba nd,'.'th'e lastr-naiildTmepha-y 4o tffqh i S 6? ne i e e g j h e s t e nism'inciuding a lso meansforbperatingj thejack a el ine y 11 ing'mechenism a ain serves'tdil'fi" agalinstthe sides r the shpe flfIfhe iast-named or which oberfjtibn thepositivelyaoting, inecha j o g hi hpl fil ow h f e at bno h f rge end toiocii the jack against any rev'ersej I V hei nfi vi neli 1. 3 131 5 v win inemovement; In order to avoid any undue down rises tq pemitthesn e tp j.be; 1irzed slightly 50" fii i'thrsuohfthtthe r'etractive niover nentofithe iz epplicati nm mh 4, 942, SeridiNdl=433347 w it t, it i y t m w m1: 21- a t 3 r t 1 i Thisinirehtibri relates to miatchinesztor lasting tobe tipped'in-the direction to press itstoe end Y the heel ends of shoes,'a'nd,.is hereinlillustrated more forciblyagainst the't'oe-rests Anjobject ofp asembodied'iifamodiflation of a machine con-" i the present inventionflis to counteract or lessen structedtenerally as disclosed inUnited States i the tendency thusto tip the shoe andhthereby to IiettersPathfiNo; 2,059,241; granted on Noveni- Qbfgvoid any such st'rain ona last in the-shoeas.

ber 3, 1936"oh an olpplicationof niine.-;-It willbe might break'ai hin g e 1ast,espeeia11y if parts of the understood; however, thettheiinventioniis not l machine arenot properlyladjust ed. With thisin thus lithited in its applicability, butis susceptible j View; the construction herein shownis such that:

of various embod iiiients. :n; by the thne substantialforeeis appiiedto the jack- Amaehine of t I type illustrated in the above; to Press-thdheel-endIadepf .the shoe againstfthe 1 mentioned Letters Patent is providedwithwipers heel tband tl andy'wipers.havefbegungto wipe, the movable tofwipe theqm'argin of the heel end of- 'upper inwardlydver th insole and are therefore anfupper inwardly over an insoleorothershoe in bositionstb:eounteract; bytheir. pressure Son bottom part on'a lasba heel 'baliid which serves the upper over theJextreme end; of the bottom asan abutmen'tior the heel-zendzfaceiof theshoe '15 of the:shoe; the tendency to tipthe shoe -t As 11*: findembracesfthe upper'about the heel endof the Iustrated also the wipers, between their sudcesa iastga' holddown for engagingthe heel end of the t sive inward wiping rnovements a re not iully i e- .1. 1sole to position the shoe and last heightw-ise inc traeted' from over the shoe, so that-they arealsb,

oelestingfl operationyand a'ljack for supporting" -inifpo'sitions' tog counteract the tendencyfto tip w' e shoeendiast; the jaekincludi gwheel end b the; shoekwhen' the shoe is pressed more firmly sapporttprovided" iwitht'a. pin which entersthe: back against the heel band prior to the seeqnd .;pi'nd1e hole-in the last and including a,1so;aktoe,. wipe; With the above-mentioned object also in j Jest ,Whi h. engages the, :top {ace-of the: toe jend view he cpnstruction shown is furthersiich.that; otwtheuppeny "The jack as awholei'is mounted; 'pos tr e-control1 11 6iaQk .pOstponediunt lJhwiiv .somear ard pr-[inward s inging m vem nt"; to 1 21; efo the s dgwi e; r- 0wh l1time: y a -t e h eie gthw se n h ementwith he i ld n a t n mechanismtendS to w n s theheelbandendisprovided with' apqst eta-m itgrearwendly cf'lfhis mechenismglnioreover, acts, tocarry the shoe heightwise into'engagienientviith 961 563 somewha thegforce with which the shoet L ispx essed reer yardly against the heelibendasithej; r .7

" wiperls are part i ally retraetedzgafter the first wipet 'ments to wipe the upper inwardly over them,

on it positiYe'ly to press and hold'the shoe more nc a ed P sr e, ipers Onthe bottom post to press the shoe hei'ghtwiseiagailjlstthei cr a thl pree i h P t 1 $5 i i 1 hpldqown and means for closing t c yb d J reamiariily against thegheel band,- near the-end 5 t qpianism r ceivesj, itwotoperative movements, einisrjn becomes efiectivejurther'to increase this and'the other of whiehioocurs betweenl the two f tn lieney'for the wipers toresijst the: forcing of :1- qperatiyeinovenientsofthe wipersas the'holdg the;shoe-rearwardly, theconsti l'iction shovizxiis).

ho ligldowntoperm'itthe heightwis'e' mov ment'or fl 7' ,nis rns tendhy the; emotion onthejaek toingrease" pleted iintil 'iter thjadkhas beensubjectedto th'i'pressure 'of the heel; band on theheel-end the fullforeftendin'g trflmpdmtwmam move-r rich 9B Operative movement is imparted th' I pawl arrieILbyen' armWBU which' is integralzwith I I a sleeve 5| 02; a iportiononlypi which is Jvisiblein Fig. 5. this sleeverzbeing mountedtdturn aboutsa I I .rod I05 on the'hameD The Iarm lllfl, Tinstead qi being connecteddi rectlyto the bewlcari irflfipyl a):asIin the construction"shown in theiprevi r ou'sly mentioned: Letters Petentfiis connected? I 'itheneto by' means "so designed as jto reduce the strain on ithepertshereinaftr'deseribed whereby thearm'is operated; I This meanspomjarises ailink r IIIB plvotally connected at tits iupper end to' the arm Miami pivotally connectedat' its lower e'ncl I I n I I 23285075 t A ojntroldlskdr shieldSZ adjusta'ble abo'ut the "sh"a1't 52 is-errangd to'release the phwls' 58 'ito I permit them toengagejthejratehet-wheel56 at a F I variably predetermined time? jn the j movementof the haw] carrier 60; ltmay be-a;seux;riedthat} consitentlywiththe objects of t he1nvent1 0n,-the pawl s aifethus released 'iibstantielly at thei be gimiingfof the movement of the DBIWI CQHiQI; I Thepawl carrier is operated through a' rod 64 by sflever fili which is j mounted to swin gaebout a pin; ssx on-tnermmer z' e owedextend 'through a I pin" which-1s swivel'edin the lower arm offthe leve'r I66 and is engagedfbn one "side we flange I llonthe' rod and on the other side bye member H sIidmgIymOnnted onth'eiod; BetWeehthis member -and an theom'embet -IG whlchdfs held ontherodby nuts|8is{a-bompressionspringlol t When the lev'ei 'fifi; therefoxfefis wung in' aclock I wise direction (Fig "4) it yieldingly through the sprin'giflfl to"tum;thepawlj 'cari'ier601 -and1 thusthrough Zthe pawlssaj andtheratchet wheel 1 t as toturn the "shaft n in the directlon' toforce 1' "the'shoe more fi l-mly back 'afgainst the heel'band bythe swinging of the jack. For operatiilg' the lever 66 there is provided e slide flLhaIving reek teeth 84 in ngagementwith teeth on thefupper arm of the lever} this slidecarrying a roll lifi en drl 1m sowith whichthe machineis providedflf The mechanism shown inFigi fi is' for thepurpose; among otherfs, or pbsitlvely controlling';the"' trolthe jack as above described. *The member nus thus operatedthrougha. link mby a lever l "to which-Imo'v'ement is imparted by ar ack bet The mechanism shown in=:Fig.I5 serves fiirther;

,a s; heretofore; 'to control: the jack p'ost I6 by the upward mc-ve'ment of whichtheshoe-lepressed' egainst'thfeholddownfiand also tboperate'meeh- I anism for olosingithe heel band 2 about the heel end jof the "shtxyv [For such control ofthe post there ispfovided a; lever! 36;(Fig.'1):wh1oh'i tul-i crumedon a' r odsl3fl andearries'at it'sf i'ontjendi t a; roll Illfl lying' ina -slot in :the previously mentioned slide 32." -Atitsrear end theYIeVer'carrieS' v a curved ra'ck bard jin'engagementjf'with w' 1 pinion I44 which is mounted to t'umuon 'a fixed 1 1 rod; I46 and'is formed integral 'with alfimtehet,

wheeula. This ratchet wheel1Sengaged+and turndm afcounterclockwisedirection(Fig; '11)] byi one oi' thebther'of two spring-pressed pawls "I150 s ilpported oh a; pawl-carrier 152 which is mounted to turn about the rod I 46; Associatedhe]: with respect to swinging movemjent 'after it In his been yl'eldlngly obefiated' uponf'by theQmecha:

shown iln the previously m'enti ned Lett-Iers Pottermined time inf'the movement of thepawl caranged to'releasethepawls to permitthemto: engage "the ratchet wheel 92 ati a variably cpljfi'le uliw a i dl too'ne arm of a bellrorankz lever l08-mojunted 0110 amlemm on theframethe? other am1 M of this;

bell-crank lever bein connected (by a-1mk I I2 :to

yield; infies'zla'onsex to res 60" Jthe pawl carriei 95.5,;"1h1S: arm and the link l =|2 I serveiasa toggle whlch'appr'eaches exstraightened l position as [the pawl qchrriefififi: is turnedf ab-oplt; I the axisoithe shaft izby thegupwapdqmovement of the arm I Hill. It iethroqghithis ;togg1e,there+ fore thatvthe force isyapplied'po'sitivelyIto the; jack with a tendency: to swing itI-reerwardly; end; 1 accordingly lesspowex is required to operate/the; 'a rmIM IthanIif the arm wereeonnected directly'I II to the pawlge fr fiffl gfor operating the arm I a ez is rovede 'm nben I H mo ntedto t i aboutthe trod; I114 and havingjlen arm I 6 pr d dI w h 1 1 I H ra eedjo a e hem a I rfi er uz 1"; p med ne b c q ll' c 1 f l t an the s evemembe 1 2;; a re fu ygear seotorflm 1 i sfformeoa integ'ral .1 the pr'eviou sly, mentioned; sleeve member I '(Ejg, 5);;end, serves tb L impa IftIrearWa'rd l mov I vio sly mentioned sleeye member l 02; axia there- AS ebovesuggestedQt ment-I to; aIIS1ide" I12 which corresponds toot-he slide 324 shown in Qthe}: previously mentioned Letter sPete t.1-Intibia-mojtrhentythesna -412'; I gets*yie ldingly thrbugh e springI174 togopepate- I mec am m not herein" shown bu t -I full d closed in i the 3 above-mentioned Letters Patent f or elps j ing; theheel bend; yieldingly ihwa r d' ag mt the' m meetsh et n w ers. 4, ezfiur l i; iivilp r I h m hanism shown I I Fig; 5 serves a lso' to clofsethe heel band'Z jab ml |;1S.:- (ns.: a which are mq lri ed on them movable f rwardly and rearwardly along guides:

ways-1180 cnthe frame. The wipercarriers .llli

arc-guidedfor swinging movements; laterally of,

the. shoe to: close-the -wipers inwardly over the bottom of the sheet-y; a groove 122m the-slid 1.18. The slide nets moved forw rdly-to d Vance the Wipers lengthwise of itheashoe, by a Pathcam .184 in; the druinllil; this camengagin i a roll I83 on the slide, For; closing'theqvipers laterally gof the shoe there are pivotally cc-nnected to the wiper-carriers IE5, nks;t38..eaeliof which has threaded in its-rear end Ia:rnember we 7 connected by a pin I92 to a rack barl'ee mounted in a euideway in he frame.

or-l'fifiiformecl on amember leswhich i rotatable about a pin Y238 and has teeth ZOZ'in enaeement with teeth on a Central rackbar 2&4

I rsecured 1-t'o' a slide 2% mova-ble in uideways in- "the-frame. TheEslide-QBG carries a roll, 2&8 en-v ca ed iby'a pathcam 216] in the drum S3. Ac-

cordingly; rearward movementof the slide 256 effected by" the cam 2m serves to imp rt forward 'movementstogthe-rackbars l94and' the links 83 and thus .toclose the wipers'laterally of the shoe while they are advanced bodily lengthwise of. the shoe byforward movement of the slide I18. :From'theirpwiping edges outwardly the wipers-are beveled on their lower faces, as shown their (Fig. 1 to conform approximately t the-usual slope of thebottom faceof the heel jendfof a last nearthe edget of thelast bottom; The holddown G is: vertically movable :andis c ontrolledfas heretofore Joy alface earn 214 (Fig.

9 on the -rron't end of th'efdr'um'fiii through mechanism constructed as shown in. the pr'e;

viouslyymentioned Letters Patent and which need not bejherein describedin detail; '7 The mannenof operation of the machine, in so far, as Titisbf interesti with' reference to the present invention, will now be briefly describedafter which he starts the poweroperation of the m'achlne- Substantially at the beginning'of the, operation of jthe machine e wnware movement 7 is'fimparted tofthe holddown-to depress the shoe to the proper level for the first wiping action off, the wipers. In the course of this movement of the holddown the mechanism showninFig. becomes operative to close the heelband inwardly against the sides of theshoe and by con i V trol o'f the jackipost l6 through the spring 1132 top'ressthe shoe yieldinglyup war'd" against the holdd owmfthis mechanism completing its movement afterthe downwardmovement of the holddOWn-haS CQasedand after the advancing and closing movements of the wipers havebegun. I I -Duringfthe operation of this mechanism thepawls ll are"still' supported by the-shield cut*;

V for engagement. with the ratchet' wheel 92 v and t therefo'redo not becomeeffective to lqntrol the 1 v jack'with respect to swinging movement. F By'the time-the wipers"arriveih-positions to begin to The'teeth of each' rack bar are .en aged by-the teeth or a gear sec-e 1 wine, the margin of the. upper-mwardlyover the insole the yieldingly acting mechanism shown in I FigA becomes eifective on the jack to press the shoe re'arwardly againstthe heel band and to prevent it. from being movedyforwardly by the wipers. 'Before any very;substantial pressure is applied by the heel hand-.to the heelend face of the shce in this operation the wipers have -moved far, enough to-overlap more or less the 10 bottom of the shoe at its extreme-end andthus to counteract any tendency that there'ma-y be for the heel band to tip'the shoein'the direction to depress its toeend supported by the toe-rest 2B.'- The movement of. themechanismshown in Fig. 4 continues'until the Wipers-have substan-' tially completed their inward wiping movements,-

so that the pressure of the heel band on the heelend @face of the shoe-increasessubstantially throughout the inward wipe.-- The wipers arc-- zo'then partially retracted and opened preparatory;

I to second inward wipe; but' are not fullywith V drawn-from over; the extreme end of the shoe bottom; as showninvl 'igilso that they still oppose any tendency forzthe heel band to 'tip' the 2.; shoe In-view, however, of the fact that the wipers, especiallyiby reason of the bevel 2 l2 (Fig.

' 10) adjacent to their wiping edges; are; not so effective to preventtipping'cf theshoe when they have thus been'retracted toithe positions shownin Fig. 7 as when they arefully over the heelseat,

the. jack-controlling mechanism shown in Fig. '41

ismoved 'reversely'to lessensomewhat the pres sure of the heelband" on the heel-end face ofi the shoe during the above mentioned .retractive ggmovements'of'the wipers;

Shortlyafterthegend of the retractive move- .ments of thewipers-thecamQl4 controlling the holddownbecomes efiective topermit an upward "movement of, the holddovvmso that the shoe, toe;

4O gether withttheheel band, may be lifted by the jack post J5 to a somewhathigher.level'prepara-- 'tory to the secondwipethefbevel ionvthe wipers permitting the shoe to receiveisufiicient upward the wipers; aresti-ll over thelextremeend of the r wardly 'andgthereby to {increasethel pressure cf the-wipers becoming'more eilectiveby reason of ,the raising of the shoe to; counteract any tend-i ency totip the shoe; As indicated by the char't,-

; however, upwardmoyement of the' holddown' isnot completed. until shortly after 7 the V comple tion of the operatlon of the mechanisms shown inFig. 4, in-"order toprevent'fthepres'sure of the,

wipers on the end of the shoe fromeinterfering unduly with the pressing of the'sho'e as firmly as desired rearwardly' against the heel 'band, As the; h'olddownlis thus permitted to. rise, the" mechanism showninFig. 5 becomes 'efiectlve to applyiincreased upward force to the jack post I positive force tending to swing it rearvvardly and completed its upward movement.

movement for the purpose inview even though heel seat. At approximately thesame time the mechanism shown in Fig; 4 15 again cperated'to: increasetheforce tending to swing the jack rear the heel band on theheeb-endl faceof theisho'e;

l6 and to close'the heel band mo'r e firmly inward against the'sidesof "the shoe, and near "the end: of theinovementi'of this mechanism the pawls 194 V 'are released by the shield' 98o andbec'o'me effective: on theratchetfwhe'el 92 to apply to thejach to lock it againstany forward movement pre -w paratory to the second wipe. Thisaiction of the f. pawls alsotakes placebe forefthe holddbwn-h'as I o The wipers" are then 'moved inwardlythe' secondtime', ancl when at the end of their-inward movements the V "V2,s2s,o75 n 7 I the "heel-end face of the shoe, a. shoe'sup port movable in directions lengthwise of the it 1 eshoegautomatic means for yieldingly controlling said shoe support to force the heel-end face of theshoe against said abutment in the course of the first inward wipe on the upper, to reduce the pressure of said abutment on the heelend face" oi the shoe as the wipers are partially retracted, I

and to increase said pressure preparatory to the v 1 second inward wipe, and additional automatic means for positively controlling the shoe support only after the first inward wipe to maintainthe pressure of said abutment ontheheel-end'faoe of the shoe during the seoond inwa rd wipe.

JACOB c. JORGENSENF CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,52 ,075. August 51, 191

JACOB c. J'ORGENSEN.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction'as follows: Page 1, second column, line 11, for "and" read -the-; page A, second colnmn, line 75, after when insert -they are--; page' 5, first column, line 25, claim 1, strike out "been"; and i that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 7th day of December, A. D. 1915.

Henry Van Arsdale, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

